Oscillation record



Aug 8, 1944- P. SCHOONENBERG ET A1. 2,355,398

oscILLATIoN RECORD Filed July l2, 1959 Patented Aug.` 8, 1944 orrlcs oscnlLAnoN stl-:comi

'Pancras Schoonenberg,

and Cornelis Johannes D ippel, Netherlands, asslgnol's, by mesne toFliartfcrd National Bank Hartford; Conn., as trustee Jan `Jesayas Hardenberg,

Eindhoven, assignments, and Trust Company,

Application July 12, 1939, Serial No. 284,124

Germany June 15, 1936 4 claims. (ci. los-41) The present invention which is a continuation-in-part of our copending U. S. patent appuoatlon s. N. 148,396, filed June 15, 1937, relatesto' hill-and-dale oscillation tracks formed in a"bandsh`aped layer of transparent material 4such as gelatin and the like, and particularly `to a material for filling such tracks.` l

having the same index of refraction as the materialin which the track is formed. `More particularly, if the track is produced in a gelatin layer, we fill the track with a suitable highly- As our invention is particularly useful in con- "nection withoscillationtracks which `have been `mechanically recorded by the Lmethod described in the U. S. Patent 1,919,116 to JamesA. Miller,

e "we shall describe the same in thisconnection. ,e However, our invention isv not limited thereto, but `may be used with other types` of hill-and-dale tracks.

In optically copying hill-and-dale tracks it has the recesseseproduced or present'in the carrier material by filling the recesses with asubstance `having anindex ofe'rei'raction substantially equal to that `of the carrier material. For example, an oscillation track in relief produced ina thin foil -by` deformlngthe lfoilfwithout the removal of material has been filled with a substance having a suitable index of refraction, and after this subc stance has been allowed to hardento a suiiicient extent, thetrack is reproduced by a photo-electric means. In this method. variations in height of the deformed foil portions from small lenses whose action was used in scanning.

Furthermore, in the case oi' gelatine films provided with photographic sound track, it has been proposed to overcome the diillculties due to surface irregularities by superlmposing upon the surface of the film a thin layer having a smooth surface. This was eil'ected, for example by painting the surface of the film with a substance hav..

concentrated gelatinous liquid having an index of `refraction substantially identical with that of the gelatin layer. Preferably, we use a filling substance which hardens` quickly and in some cases hardens during or even before the copying iseil'ected.

To expedite the hardening ot the filling material, we add thereto substances such as sulphonated oil, which are soluble in water, and in some cases add substances, such as glycerine or sugar. to prevent shrinkage of the filling material due t e e to dessication. Obviously the filling materials beenproposed to eliminate the diillculties due to the light interference phenomenon resulting from should be such that they do not attack the carrier `material with which they come in contact.

In order that the invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into eect,'we shall describe same in more detail withreference to the accompanying drawing,V in which the single ligure illustrates the contact copying of a mechanically-recorded sound. track which Vis illled with a filling material according to the present invention.

` `Referring to the drawing, s carrier l comprising 'a transparent supporting layer 2 of Celluloid, a transparent recording layer I o1' gelatin, and a thin covering layer 4 of an opaque material, is moved in the direction oi' arrow i at a constant speed. A cutting tool l having a V-shaped cut- .ting edge of a large apical angle is vibrated in the direction of the double-headed arrow in accordance with the sound being recorded, to `thereby cut in carrier I a sound track 1 having width variations which are a proportional enlargement of the depth variations. In such recording, which ing an index of refraction substantially equal to that of the gelatine layer. However, in this case, it was necessary to allow the substance to harden to a sutlicient degree before the film could be reproduced `or optically copied, and this required considerable time.

The object of our invention is to provide a lilling material which allows the hill-and-dale record to be optically copied shortly after the track is illled with the material. l

has been described in detail in the above-mentioned patent. the sound track 1 can be immediately reproduced or optically copied.

The carrier i is then passed between a suit-i g able copying light source I and a band-shaped carrier i i provided with 'a photcgraphielayer and moving in the direction of the ar'r'ows' whereby sound track 1 is copied by contact copying in the manner well known in the art.

In accordance with the invention we illl the sound track 'l immediately before it is copied and for this purpose we employ a iilling material having an index of reflection substantially the same as the gelatin ofthe cutting layer. For this purpose we apply the material to the track by a suitable applying device lll disposed immediately before the copying point. lThe filling material 9 may have one of the following compositions.

Instead of glycerin we can use ve. product` named Sorbitol (an `alcohol derived from the sugar sorbiet) for example.

Gelatin 10 Water 15 Sorbitol f -e 50 Each of those products are suitable to fill up the track as they can vbe applied to the carrier as a liquid and .they harden'rapldly, 'even vbefore the carrier reachesv the co'pying point.

From the above it vappears that, 'when .using` filling materials according to .theinvention the carrier does not. have to be'dried andthe filling substance does not have t0 be "hardened vbefore copying, but the record kmay becopied immediately after the nlling substance Yis applied; i. e.,

the filling of the track land the copying operation may be effected substantially simultaneously. Furthermore, after completion of the copying process the `record is in condition for subsequent repeated copying or reproducing because `the hardened filling substance constitutes a unitary connection with the gelatin layer 3.

By selecting a suitable iilling substance, we also obtain a permanently smooth surface on the track portion oi the carrier whereby the powerful lens action of the variations in depth is not present during repeated copying. In addition, there is no danger of dust accumulating in the track, andthe carrier, which has a smooth surface, can be readily cleaned without danger of injuring the surface of the track. To further protect the carrier during cleaning, `we mayapply an additional layer of a suitable protective material over at least part of the 'surface of the carrier. The use, for'this purpose, of anonrapidly-hardening liquid having .the same index oi refraction as the cutting layer o1' the carrier does not present the above-mentioned advantages.

While we have described our invention in connection with specic examples and applications,

we do not wish to be limited thereto, because obvious modifications will readily present themlgelatinuous semi-liquid `materiall consisting substantially of approximatelylO parts o1' gelatin, approximately 25 parts of water, approximately 25 parts of glycerin and about l10 to about 25 parts of a water-soluble sulfonated oil.

4. As filling, material for a sound track of the hill-and-daletype, a. highly concentrated geint-A inous. semi-liquid material 'consisting substantially' of vapproximately 10"\pe. rt`siof gelatin, approximately 25 parts of water, approximately 25 parts of glycerin, approximately lpartsot sugar and approximately 10 :parte of a. vwater-soluble sulfonated oil.

' PANCRAS BCHOONENBERG.

JAN JESAYAS HARDENBERG.

CONELIS JOHANNES DIPPEL 

